65th General Assembly of Nova Scotia

65th General Assembly of Nova Scotia
65th General Assembly of Nova Scotia
Majority parliament
Parliament leaders
Premier	Tim Houston; August 31, 2021
Leader of the; Opposition	Claudia Chender; November 26, 2024
Party caucuses
Government	Progressive Conservative Party
Opposition	New Democratic Party
Recognized	Liberal Party
House of Assembly
Speaker of the; House	TBD;
Government; House Leader	TBD;
Opposition; House Leader	TBD;
Members	55 MLA seats
Sovereign
Monarch	Charles III; 8 September 2022 – present
Lieutenant; Governor	Arthur LeBlanc; June 28, 2017 – present
Sessions
	1st session; TBD –
← 64th	→ 66th

The 65th General Assembly of Nova Scotia is the assembly of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly that was determined in the 2024 Nova Scotia general election.

List of members

Riding	Member	Party	Notes
Annapolis	David Bowlby	Progressive Conservative
Antigonish	Michelle Thompson	Progressive Conservative
Argyle	Colton LeBlanc	Progressive Conservative
Bedford Basin	Tim Outhit	Progressive Conservative
Bedford South	Damian Stoilov	Progressive Conservative
Cape Breton Centre-Whitney Pier	Kendra Coombes	NDP
Cape Breton East	Brian Comer	Progressive Conservative
Chester-St. Margaret's	Danielle Barkhouse	Progressive Conservative
Clare	Ryan Robicheau	Progressive Conservative
Clayton Park West	Adegoke Fadare	Progressive Conservative
Colchester-Musquodoboit Valley	Scott Armstrong	Progressive Conservative
Colchester North	Tom Taggart	Progressive Conservative
Cole Harbour-Dartmouth	Brad McGowan	Progressive Conservative
Cole Harbour	Leah Martin	Progressive Conservative
Cumberland North	Elizabeth Smith-McCrossin	Independent
Cumberland South	Tory Rushton	Progressive Conservative
Dartmouth East	Tim Halman	Progressive Conservative
Dartmouth North	Susan Leblanc	NDP
Dartmouth South	Claudia Chender	NDP	Leader of the Opposition
Digby-Annapolis	Jill Balser	Progressive Conservative
Eastern Passage	Barbara Adams	Progressive Conservative
Eastern Shore	Kent Smith	Progressive Conservative
Fairview-Clayton Park	Lina Hamid	NDP
Glace Bay-Dominion	John White	Progressive Conservative
Guysborough-Tracadie	Greg Morrow	Progressive Conservative
Halifax Armdale	Rod Wilson	NDP
Halifax Atlantic	Brendan Maguire	Progressive Conservative
Halifax Chebucto	Krista Gallagher	NDP
Halifax Citadel-Sable Island	Lisa Lachance	NDP
Halifax Needham	Suzy Hansen	NDP
Hammonds Plains-Lucasville	Rick Burns	Progressive Conservative
Hants East	John A. MacDonald	Progressive Conservative
Hants West	Melissa Sheehy-Richard	Progressive Conservative
Inverness	Kyle MacQuarrie	Progressive Conservative
Kings North	John Lohr	Progressive Conservative
Kings South	Julie Vanexan	Progressive Conservative
Kings West	Chris Palmer	Progressive Conservative
Lunenburg	Susan Corkum-Greek	Progressive Conservative
Lunenburg West	Becky Druhan	Progressive Conservative
Northside-Westmount	Fred Tilley	Progressive Conservative
Pictou Centre	Danny MacGillivray	Progressive Conservative
Pictou East	Tim Houston	Progressive Conservative	Premier of Nova Scotia
Pictou West	Marco MacLeod	Progressive Conservative
Preston	Twila Grosse	Progressive Conservative
Queens	Kim Masland	Progressive Conservative
Richmond	Trevor Boudreau	Progressive Conservative
Sackville-Cobequid	Paul Wozney	NDP
Sackville-Uniacke	Brad Johns	Progressive Conservative
Shelburne	Nolan Young	Progressive Conservative
Sydney-Membertou	Derek Mombourquette	Liberal
Timberlea-Prospect	Iain Rankin	Liberal
Truro-Bible Hill-Millbrook-Salmon River	Dave Ritcey	Progressive Conservative
Victoria-The Lakes	Dianne Timmins	Progressive Conservative
Waverley-Fall River-Beaverbank	Brian Wong	Progressive Conservative
Yarmouth	Nick Hilton	Progressive Conservative

Membership changes in the 65th Assembly

Number of members per party by date		2024
Number of members per party by date		November 26
	Progressive Conservative	43
	NDP	9
	Liberal	2
	Independent	1
	Vacant	0

Membership changes in the 65th General Assembly
	Date	Name	District	Party	Reason
	November 26, 2024	See list of members			Election day of the 42nd Nova Scotia general election

References

Preceded by 64th General Assembly of Nova Scotia	General Assemblies of Nova Scotia 2024–present	Succeeded by 66th General Assembly of Nova Scotia